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Middle East Eye
18-07-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
CAIR-NJ applauds federal appeals court decision to stop deportation of Palestinian man
CAIR-New Jersey on Thursday applauded a federal appeals court after it stopped the deportation of an imam who was born in Palestine and has been in the US for nearly 30 years. Mohammed Qatanani is an imam in New Jersey who has been fighting a legal battle for exercising his First Amendment rights. In a statement, the civil rights organisation said: "This victory secures Imam Mohammed Qatanani's stability for himself, his family, and the communities he has served for decades. It also reinforces a fundamental principle: federal agencies must operate within the boundaries our laws establish. 'No one agency should have the right to upend people's lives. This ruling sends a powerful message that our legal system will protect religious leaders and immigrant families from overreach.' In a 2-1 ruling on Tuesday, the US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals said that the Board of Immigration Appeals had "exceeded its authority when it attempted to undo Qatanani's adjustment to Legal Permanent Resident status".
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Yahoo
Brazilian man pleads guilty to selling green cards, fake Social Security cards
A Brazilian man in Woburn pleaded guilty to selling fake Social Security cards and Legal Permanent Resident cards, or green cards, as well as unlawfully re-entering the United States after deportation, United States Attorney Leah Foley's office said. On May 8, Liene Tavares DeBarros Jr., 40, pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful transfer of a document or authentication feature and one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien, Foley's office said in a statement on Tuesday. He was arrested and charged in March and his sentencing is scheduled for June 26. Tavares DeBarros was deported in July 2010 and at some point between then and 2024, returned to the United States, Foley's office said. In mid-2024, investigators found that Tavares DeBarros was selling counterfeit identity documents and sent an undercover agent to request his services, the statement read. Later that year, he sold a fake Social Security card and a green card to an undercover officer for $250 in October, then in December sold two Social Security cards and two green cards to a different undercover officer for $500, Foley's office said. The charge of unlawful transfer of document or authentication feature and unlawful production of document or authentication feature provides for a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. The charge of unlawful reentry provides for a sentence of up to two years, one year of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. The defendant is subject to deportation upon completion of any sentence imposed. Lowell man sentenced for trafficking over 11K fake Adderall pills containing meth Chicopee man pleads guilty to crash that led to Belchertown man's death Mass. sex offender pleads guilty to having over 200 child sexual abuse videos Woman faces charges after trying to drive car into government building in New Bedford Lincoln police chief put on leave after being charged with assault and battery Read the original article on MassLive.
